An Album of Photographs in Platinotype. comprising 47 reproductions of drawings by Aubrey Beardsley photographed by Frederick Evans

  • SIGNED Each image captioned by Evans and mounted on grey card with E. vans' blind stamp monogram. Large 4to
By Beardsley, Aubrey
Each image captioned by Evans and mounted on grey card with E. vans' blind stamp monogram. Large 4to. Cloth, with the booplate of Frederick Evans designed by Beardsley. Each image captioned by Evans and mounted on grey card with E. vans' blind stamp monogram. Large 4to. With a long autograph note signed by Evan Evans, Frederick Evans' son about the provenance of these platinotypes. Reading in part: "Owing to difficult times after the first World War he was forced to sell the originals but before doing so, he copied them in the platinum process. These photographic prints are more permanent than the original drawings because they will never fade....My father asked Beardsley to design a bookplate for his considerable library. The one chosen is on the inside cover of the portfolio...

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